ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,427, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to SHIMANO INC. (Sakai, Japan).

"Electrical device and rotational device for human-powered vehicle" was invented by Hitoshi Takayama (Sakai, Japan), Junta Hamamoto (Sakai, Japan) and Susumu Endo (Sakai, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical device of a rotational device for a human-powered vehicle comprises an electronic controller. The electronic controller is configured to operate with first power consumption in a first state and configured to operate with second power consumption lower than the first power consumption in a second state. The electronic controller is configured to ch...